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ArticleFrontiers in neurology2018

Dopaminergic Neurotransmission in Patients With Parkinson's Disease and Impulse Control Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of PET and SPECT Studies.

Alice Martini, Denise Dal Lago, Nicola M J Edelstyn, Matteo Salgarello, Fabio Lugoboni, Stefano Tamburin

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Article in Frontiers in neurology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Preservation of brain metabolism in recently diagnosed Parkinson's impulse control disorders.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Alice MartiniSchool of Psychology, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom.
Denise Dal LagoSchool of Psychology, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom.
Nicola M J EdelstynSchool of Psychology, Keele University, Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom.
Matteo SalgarelloDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Ospedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria, Verona, Italy.
Fabio LugoboniAddiction Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Stefano TamburinDepartment of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
Keele University · GBUniversity of Verona · ITOspedale Sacro Cuore Don Calabria · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

dopamineimpulse control disordermeta-analysisParkinson's diseasePETreceptorsSPECTtransporter

Identifiers

PMID30568628
PMCPMC6290338
OpenAlexW2903447476

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